Thankfully, we are starting to see bluegrass acts making plans to emerge from their lairs, ready to play some music and perhaps salvage a little something of the summer outdoor music season. Many of our favorite bands will look a little
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Wings of a Jetliner – Nate Lee
Nate Lee is a bit of a jack-of-all-trades in the bluegrass world. He’s probably known best for his mandolin work, currently with the Becky Buller Band, and is one of those musicians that can show up and jump in on
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Dale Ann Bradley signs multi-album deal with Pinecastle
Pinecastle Records has announced the re-signing of Dale Ann Bradley, surely among the most enduring singers in bluegrass music, to a multi-album deal with the label. She is starting work this month on the first project of this new contract,
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Paul Trenwith plays grass in New Zealand
If there’s one individual in particular who has been the most ardent promoter of bluegrass in his native New Zealand —and one who has done so with a determination and dexterity that reflects his true devotion to the cause —
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Bluegrass Music TV wins Telly Award
Bluegrass Music TV, the video distribution and promotional arm of 615 Hideaway Entertainment in Nashville, has picked up a Telly Award in the Social Media Live Event category. The award was given for their two-hour video, broadcast live on Facebook, called
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James Reams: Like A Flowing River – A Bluegrass Passage coming to Amazon
The 2018 film, Like A Flowing River: A Bluegrass Passage, about the life and career of bluegrass troubadour James Reams, has been re-edited for wide release through MVD Entertainment Group. The film by Joshua Smith and Rick Bowman covers the 25 years Reams
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On This Day #62 – Prime Cuts of Bluegrass
On this day …. On July 15, 1992, Kirk Brandenberger and his wife Becky (KBC Music, Inc.) launched Prime Cuts of Bluegrass with the release of their first CD distributed to bluegrass radio DJs, programmers, and the media. The radio marketing service
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Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards with a new and stirring set of songs
Laura Cortese has always been a prolific performer. She’s released several solo projects — Simple Hearts, All in Always, Acoustic Project, Two Amps 1 Microphone, Hush, Blow the Candle Out, Into the Dark, Even the Lost Creek — as well
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Something to be worried about, or breaking up is hard to do
The following is an encore presentation. I thought since just about every bluegrass band in the world is on hiatus right now, I thought it might be a good time to revisit the subject of going on hiatus vs. breaking
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Kati Penn to Hancock & Shouse
Ever since last year's much-lamented demise of Kentucky grassers, NewTown, bluegrass fans have been wondering where the talented artists that made up that band would land next. Well, here's one piece of news. Fiddler and vocalist, Kati Penn, is now performing